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62. She had a detailed $30 billion plan to revitalize coal country.

Tue Dec 28, 2021, 10:35 PM

Dec 2021

"No other candidate came close to the level of attention to the real challenges facing coal communities. ... I genuinely cared a lot about struggling working class families in fading small towns. I cared a lot about coal communities in particular. Not for political reasons -- I knew I was wasn't going to win a lot of votes in places like West Virginia -- but for personal ones. I lived in Arkansas for years and fell in love with Ozark mountain towns a lot like those in Appalachia. in fact, coal had been mined in Arkansas for decades, and Bill and I knew retired miners suffering from black lung disease."

But the propaganda was bullshit about out-of-touch establishment coastal elites corrupted by campaign contributions and being paid for a speech. If only people had bothered to think rather than hate a fictional cartoon character.

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If a CEO offers a member of Congress $5 to vote for a bill, it's considered a bribe - [View all] Uncle Joe Dec 2021 OP

...K&R... spanone Dec 2021 #1

DURec leftstreet Dec 2021 #2

Elections are publicly funded. Mr.Bill Dec 2021 #3

End citizens United. onecaliberal Dec 2021 #4

End the corruption the most crazy decision in Supreme Court history unleashed. Alexander Of Assyria Dec 2021 #21

Progressives should pull together JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #25

Why do we need a new one? questionseverything Dec 2021 #48

You may have missed the part about the bill not having passed the House yet. lapucelle Dec 2021 #51

Post # 7 quotes president obama saying it had passed the house questionseverything Dec 2021 #52

That version (H.R.5175) passed the House during the 111th United States Congress 10 years ago. lapucelle Dec 2021 #56

Point remains the same questionseverything Dec 2021 #57

Your point that the current bill passed the House and died in the Senate does not remain the same. lapucelle Dec 2021 #60

If there is a current bill then it doesn't need to be written questionseverything Dec 2021 #64

Article 1 Section 5: Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings lapucelle Dec 2021 #66

There isn't a current bill JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #76

Post #51 says there is questionseverything Dec 2021 #92

but money IS free speech and corporations are individuals, some with religious sensibilities. Thomas Hurt Dec 2021 #5

Presidential elections ARE publicly funded. former9thward Dec 2021 #6

President Obama Warned us JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #7

He certainly did, and so did Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. This is not a "revolutionary" idea. George II Dec 2021 #18

Yep! Absolutely. calimary Dec 2021 #19

Good to see Bernie promoting OTHER PEOPLE'S IDEAS. NurseJackie Dec 2021 #34

I'm at a loss as to why JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #41

Why bother, it has no chance of passing the Senate...maybe they should concentrate on BBB Demsrule86 Dec 2021 #85

This message was self-deleted by its author brooklynite Dec 2021 #8

Write up the bill jimfields33 Dec 2021 #9

Get over yourself.... George II Dec 2021 #11

You are correct JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #22

It's just that easy, isn't it. NurseJackie Dec 2021 #35

For the record, Justice Democrats and Sunrise Movement now are Super-PACs and..... George II Dec 2021 #10

He should demand accountability from everyone. lapucelle Dec 2021 #16

Saikat Chakrabarti - I know that name JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #24

Chakrabarti, Zack Exley, Kyle Kulinski, and Cenk Uygur are the founders of Justice Democrats. lapucelle Dec 2021 #28

Let's start the cleanup with Justice Democrats superpac lapucelle Dec 2021 #12

Wait - whaaaaat? JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #23

From the latest iteration of the Justice Democrat's FAQ page. lapucelle Dec 2021 #31

Justice Democrats AND their affiliated group, Sunrise Movement, converted to Carey committees.... George II Dec 2021 #36

That's interesting JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #39

Why do you have a problem with the group encouraging questionseverything Dec 2021 #38

I guess I didn't see lapucelle JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #42

Those were the examples he/she posted questionseverything Dec 2021 #46

I didn't post those "examples". You did. lapucelle Dec 2021 #63

You posted "cash dash" and those were the examples used questionseverything Dec 2021 #65

What's "cash dash"? N/T lapucelle Dec 2021 #67

It's the article in your post#12 questionseverything Dec 2021 #91

The article is report about a superpac's haul. Isn't "cash dash" some sort of contest or lottery? lapucelle Dec 2021 #93

What are you getting on about? JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #77

Justice Democrats superpac did not spend one dime against Republicans in the last cycle. lapucelle Dec 2021 #80

JD's ability to spend unlimited funds against Democrats is a direct result of Citizens United. lapucelle Dec 2021 #81

Why would Justice Democrat's be spending money AGAINST this Democrat in 2020? lapucelle Dec 2021 #82

Strangers (well-meaning or otherwise) are not entitled to define who I do and do not lapucelle Dec 2021 #44

Please look into the background behind Justice Democrats and how they've operated. George II Dec 2021 #50

K&R BlueJac Dec 2021 #13

We really do need to get money out of politics KS Toronado Dec 2021 #14

Any change of that died in 16...with the Trump pics on SCOTUS, no legislation will matter and Demsrule86 Dec 2021 #86

It's hard to overturn Supreme Court rulings. fescuerescue Dec 2021 #15

That gives rise to a dilemma DFW Dec 2021 #17

Members of the House and Senate can receive up to $50 in gifts or dinner. former9thward Dec 2021 #69

Ah, OK, sort of like the $200 rule for presidents DFW Dec 2021 #72

Very cool. former9thward Dec 2021 #78

If you look closely DFW Dec 2021 #79

Of Course It Is Me. Dec 2021 #20

If it's a Dem Congressperson and a Dem Super-PAC, I'm for it gulliver Dec 2021 #26

how do you "overturn" it? AlexSFCA Dec 2021 #27

Thank you. Bumper-sticker slogans and tweets are not legislation... AND... NurseJackie Dec 2021 #29

Bring back the Disclose Act JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #40

Lobbying is nothing but legalized bribery Poiuyt Dec 2021 #30

That's an awfully broad brush you're painting with... NurseJackie Dec 2021 #32

Do you feel the same way about the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and their lobbying activities? NurseJackie Dec 2021 #33

Any suggestion on just how to proceed to overturn Citizens United? I see that rallying cry.... George II Dec 2021 #37

My idea JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #43

One would have thought that would have come up a long time ago. George II Dec 2021 #45

This point has been around for a decade and then some. sheshe2 Dec 2021 #49

Exactly JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #75

I would have started by NOT bashing HRC so much in 2016 that trump was able to Eliot Rosewater Dec 2021 #47

Now that you mention 2016 perhaps if HRC had been better connected Uncle Joe Dec 2021 #53

Oh, Jesus. NurseJackie Dec 2021 #58

Garbage like that on DU is why Hillary lost. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2021 #59

Exactly. Some embraced and spread, others were dispirited by, Hortensis Dec 2021 #73

You don't have to go very far at all to see it either Eliot Rosewater Dec 2021 #88

Why, I don't know, but the Kremlin's social media warfare experts Hortensis Dec 2021 #94

Who is that? Eliot Rosewater Dec 2021 #95

One who's been saying things like this ever since he was fired Hortensis Dec 2021 #96

How was Clinton NOT "connected" in 2016, and just WHY are you bringing up the 2016 primary here? George II Dec 2021 #61

Democrats chose the BEST candidate in 2016 and 2020... NurseJackie Dec 2021 #71

👆👆👆 sheshe2 Dec 2021 #89

She had a detailed $30 billion plan to revitalize coal country. betsuni Dec 2021 #62

Who gives two fucks who wins the WVA primary...they always vote Republican. Demsrule86 Dec 2021 #84

I am of the opinion that Hillary would have beat Trump had she been the only candidate to run. Demsrule86 Dec 2021 #87

I refuse to respond to or communicate with people who helped trump, but there is a post Eliot Rosewater Dec 2021 #54

You and I differ as to how and why Trump came to power and you're on the OP I started. Uncle Joe Dec 2021 #55

Unfortunately YOU feel that trump came into power because of a woman who President Obama.... George II Dec 2021 #68

Being qualified doesn't cut it. progressoid Dec 2021 #98

What "hard truth"? betsuni Dec 2021 #70

Well, there is this data from the general election. Maybe that's the "hard truth"? lapucelle Dec 2021 #74

I don't want to refight the primary... so I can't really reply except to point out Demsrule86 Dec 2021 #83

None of that changes the hard truth of the general election data. lapucelle Dec 2021 #90

And in the case of WVA, the person who wins the primary has no chance of winning the General. Demsrule86 Dec 2021 #97

That's very interesting, but the data cited about the Sanders to Trump voters lapucelle Dec 2021 #101

I have no idea what you are talking about...my point was some vote for candidates in a Demsrule86 Dec 2021 #104

Are you suggesting that those Sanders to Trump voters were GOP ratfuckers? nt SunSeeker Jan 2022 #105

Those numbers are that out of the ordinary. progressoid Dec 2021 #99

The hard truth remains that the number of Sanders to Trump votes exceeded lapucelle Dec 2021 #100

The hardest truth remains that progressoid Dec 2021 #102

Yes, well someone up thread seems to think that his opinion lapucelle Dec 2021 #103